Alcohol poisoning was and is quite rare. Plenty of long term health issues from drinking and smoking, but we don’t consider diseases from shared needles as an

Alcohol poisoning was and is quite rare. Plenty of long term health issues from drinking and smoking, but we don’t consider diseases from shared needles as an overdose either. ~140,000 people die from excessive alcohol use in the U.S. each year, only ~2,000 of those are alcohol poisoning.